Seattle Air-traffic Center 1st To Get New Computer

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January 21, 1999

AUBURN, Wash. - Pacific Northwest air-traffic controllers have become the first to get new computer equipment as part of the federal government's $1 billion plan to replace its vacuum-tube radar system that is dated and prone to breakdowns. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater dedicated the new system Wednesday at the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center.